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Improvements to San Tin Interchange PURPOSE This Paper Informs LC Paper No. CB(1)274/04-05(01) For Information Legislative Council Panel on Transport 777TH – Improvements to San Tin Interchange PURPOSE This paper informs Members of our proposal to upgrade 777TH – Improvements to San Tin Interchange to Category A in order to carry out the proposed improvement works. PROJECT SCOPE 2. The scope of 777TH comprises – (a) construction of a single two-lane road of 1.5 kilometres in length for the westbound traffic from Fanling Highway (FH) to the vehicle holding area (VHA) at Lok Ma Chau including 800 metres of elevated highway structures; (b) construction of a single two-lane road of 850 metres in length for the eastbound traffic from San Tin Highway (STH) to the VHA at Lok Ma Chau including 450 metres of elevated highway structures; (c) construction of a single two-lane road of 50 metres in length connecting Kwu Tung Road (KTR) to the road mentioned in paragraph 2(a) above; (d) construction of a single two-lane road of about 250 metres in length between Castle Peak Road (CPR) and San Sham Road (SSR); (e) modification of the junction of STH / CPR / Tun Yu Road (TYR) including signalisation of the junction of CPR and the slip roads from STH, and widening of a 300-metre section of CPR from a single two-lane to a dual two-lane road; (f) construction of a single-lane road bridge of 70 metres in length across the San Tin Eastern Main Drainage Channel (STEMDC) connecting an existing unnamed road along the eastern side of STEMDC near the VHA to TYR; (g) installation of noise barriers of 120 metres in length and 1.5 metres in height at STH near Wing Ping Tsuen; (h) provision of a traffic control and surveillance system (TCSS); and (i) associated works on junction improvements, landscaping, slopeworks, drainage, traffic management measures and street lighting. A site plan showing the locations of the proposed works and the road sections concerned is at Enclosure 1. JUSTIFICATION 3. The Lok Ma Chau (LMC) Boundary Crossing is the most heavily used boundary crossing1, with about 70% of the cross boundary traffic being goods vehicles. Most of the cross-boundary vehicles use the strategic STH in the west and FH in the east which meet at the San Tin roundabout (the roundabout), and then travel through SSR, the only connecting road, to the LMC Boundary Crossing. 4. At present, the cross-boundary vehicles have to queue at the VHA that has 350 vehicle holding spaces for cross-border inspection. As a result of the limited capacity as well as the heavy utilisation of the Interchange and the roads in the vicinity, the cross-boundary traffic queue often tails back from the VHA to the roundabout, and consequentially spills over to STH and FH. In view of the increasing cross-boundary traffic, which is expected to grow at an average rate of 7% per annum in the coming years, we expect that the Interchange would suffer from capacity deficiency if no improvement were 1 The number of vehicles using the boundary crossings from January to September 2004 was 38 321, of which 28 675, 7 428 and 2 218 used the Lok Ma Chau, Man Kam To and Sha Tau Kok Boundary Crossings respectively. - 2 - made to cope with the anticipated traffic growth. The Interchange would become a bottleneck along the cross-boundary corridor. 5. To meet the cross-boundary traffic demand and to relieve traffic congestion, we will construct a pair of elevated roads from STH and FH approaches of the Interchange as bypasses to the VHA. We will designate the roads for use by cross-boundary goods vehicles only so as to segregate these vehicles from the other vehicles using the Interchange. Upon completion of the improvement works, the projected design flow to capacity2 (DFC) ratios of the roundabout during peak hours would be brought down from 0.89 to 0.5 and from 1.02 to 0.56 in 20073 and 2011 respectively. 6. We will also modify the layout of the junction of STH/CPR/TYR by realigning the existing slip roads between STH and CPR, signalising the junction of CPR and the realigned slip roads in order to improve the traffic flow capacity at this modified road junction, and widening a section of CPR from a single two-lane to a dual two-lane road. The capacity indices of this junction during peak hours in 2004, 2007 and 2011, with and without the proposed signalisation and widening of CPR, are/would be as follows – Junction of CPR and Capacity Year slip roads from STH Index 2004 2007 2011 Without the signalisation DFC 1.40 2.40 2.40 and road widening With the signalisation and RC4 – 28% 28% road widening 7. We will construct two roads connecting KTR to FH westbound and CPR to SSR northbound. The former will divert the existing cross-boundary 2 DFC ratio is a design parameter that measures the degree of saturation of traffic at a priority junction. A DFC ratio above 1.0 indicates the presence of traffic queues. A DFC ratio of 0.85 is generally used in junction design where the situation permits. 3 The DFC ratios have taken into account the cross-boundary traffic from the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Corridor / Deep Bay Link to be commissioned in 2006. 4 The performance of a traffic signal junction is indicated by its reserve capacity (RC). A positive RC indicates that the junction is operating with spare capacity. A negative RC indicates that the junction is overloaded, resulting in traffic queues and longer delay time. - 3 - goods vehicles from KTR to use the new road mentioned in paragraph 2(a) above. The latter will divert the existing cross-boundary goods vehicles from CPR to SSR direct. We will also construct a road bridge across STEMDC to link TYR to the existing unnamed road to reprovide local access to and from CPR. 8. For monitoring and controlling traffic flows, we will install a TCSS comprising one closed circuit television camera with associated communication and installation equipment, and a traffic signal system at the LMC Boundary Crossing, and two full variable message signs at STH and SSR. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS 9. We estimate the cost of this project to be $488.3 million in MOD prices, made up as follows – $ million (a) Road and drainage 131.6 (b) Elevated highway structures 161.8 (c) Road bridge 12.4 (d) Slope works 47.9 (e) TCSS and traffic management 14.0 measures (f) Landscaping works 15.3 (g) Noise barrier 1.5 (h) Consultants’ fees 69.6 (i) construction 5.0 supervision and contract administration - 4 - $ million (ii) resident site staff 60.1 costs (iii) environmental 4.0 monitoring and audit (EM&A) programme5 (iv) Electrical and 0.5 Mechanical Services Trading Fund (EMSTF) charges6 (i) Contingencies 39.4 Sub-total 493.5 (in September 2004 prices) (j) Provision for price adjustment (5.2) Total 488.3 (in MOD prices) 10. Item (a) includes the road reconstruction, waterworks, pedestrian subway extension and road signage. Item (b) includes the detailed design and construction of the elevated highway structures. A breakdown of the estimates for item (g) on consultants’ fees is at Enclosure 2. 5 We will engage consultants to implement an EM&A programme at an estimated cost of $4.0 million to ensure timely and effective implementation of the recommended mitigation measures for the project. 6 Since the establishment on 1 August 1996 under the Trading Fund Ordinance, the EMSTF charges government departments for design and technical consultancy services for electrical and mechanical (E&M) installations provided by the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department. The services rendered for this project include checking consultants’ submission on all E&M installations and providing technical advice to the Government on all E&M works and their impacts on the project from maintenance and general operation points of view. - 5 - 11. The annual recurrent expenditure for the existing roads under the project is about $300,000. We estimate that the annual recurrent expenditure for those roads upon completion of the project will be $4.0 million. PUBLIC CONSULTATION 12. We consulted the San Tin Rural Committee and the Traffic and Transport Committee of the Yuen Long District Council on 16 and 22 July 2003 respectively. Both Committees supported the project. 13. We gazetted the proposed works under the Roads (Works, Use and Compensation) Ordinance (Cap. 370) (the Ordinance) on 12 December 2003. We received 11 objections and all of them remained unresolved. Details of the unresolved objections7 are as follows – (a) six objectors objected to the resumption of land as a result of the implementation of the proposed works. They considered that their businesses would be affected adversely. Upon re-examination of the works area, we proposed to reduce the resumption area. The objectors agreed to withdraw their objections subject to the proposed modification; (b) three objectors who were the land owner, tenant and sub-tenant of two lots, objected to the proposed resumption of the lots. The sub-tenant was concerned that the operation of his carparks on the lots would be affected adversely, whilst the land owner and tenant objected on the ground that the proposed resumption would adversely affect their income and would cause legal disputes among the objectors. We explained to them that the resumption was required for the proposed road works. To address their concerns, we proposed to provide temporary run-in for the carparks and allow the handing-over of the affected land by phases to minimise the impact on the operation of the carparks.
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